Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Earth Science Section, 2002, V 384, N 4, May- June.

 
Part 1. Geology 
The First Find of Ultramafic Nodules on the Greater Kuril Island Arc 
V. A. Ermakov, A. D. Babanskii, and A. V. Ermakov 
p. 353 

Massive and Stringer-Disseminated Sulfide Mineralization in the Sierra Leone 
Fracture Zone  of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Connection with Specific Features of 
Its Geological Structure 
Yu. M. Pushcharovsky, N. S. Bortnikov, S. G. Skolotnev, A. A. Peive, V. Yu. Kolobov, 
N. V. Tsukanov, S. M. Lyapunov, E. V. Sharkov, A. G. Mochalov, M. I. Stolyarov, 
D. I. Krinov, N. V. Razdolina, and A. Chipriani 
p. 357 

Postcollision Granitoid Magmatism in the Transangara Region of the Yenisei 
Range: An Event 750-720 Ma B.P. 
V. A. Vernikovsky, A. E. Vernikovskaya, E. B. Sal'nikova, A. B. Kotov, and V. 
P. Kovach 
p. 362 

Theoretical Estimate of the Ore Potential of Sakhalin Island and Adjacent Marine 
Areas 
V. M. Grannik 
p. 367 

The Päkylä Ore Occurrence: A New Prospective Type of Noble Metal 
Mineralization in Precambrian Rocks of Karelia 
V. I. Ivashchenko, A. M. Ruch'ev, O. B. Lavrov, and N. I. Kondrashova 
p. 371
 
Paleogene Magmatism in the Vicinity of the Murray Fracture Zone, Pacific Ocean 
E. N. Melankholina and N. M. Sushchevskaya 
p. 377 

An Inverse Kinematic Effect of Thrusting and Its Structural and Tectonic 
Implications 
Yu. A. Morozov 
p. 382 

Coesite Inclusions in Rounded Diamonds from Placers of the Northeastern Siberian Platform 
A. L. Ragozin, V. S. Shatsky, G. M. Rylov, and S. V. Goryainov 
p. 385

Part 2. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Oceanology, Geography 

Phase Relations in the Basic System for Various C/H Values in Metamorphic Fluid 
B. S. Danilov 
p. 390 

Quaternary Geochronology of the Aragats Volcanic Center, Armenia: 
Evidence from K-Ar Dating 
I. V. Chernyshev, V. A. Lebedev, M. M. Arakelyants, R. T. Jrbashyan,
 and Yu. G. Gukasyan 
p. 393 

Rotation of the Solid Core with Account for the Ekman Layer 
M. Yu. Reshetnyak 
p. 399 

Application of the Radon Transform for Solving Gravimetric Problems 
within the Framework of the Linear Integral Presentation Method 
I. E. Stepanova 
p. 404 

Possibility of the Impact Paragenesis of Diamond-Bearing Eclogites 
with Gray Gneiss and Basalt-Komatiite Complexes 
B. A. Blyuman 
p. 409 

Modeling Radiowave Scattering Processes in a Precipitation Layer 
over the Ocean Surface during Sounding from Space 
A. M. Volkov, V. F. Kravchenko, A. P. Pichugin, and V. I. Pustovoit 
p. 412
 
New Data on Radioactive Contamination of the Chernaya Bay (Novaya Zemlya) 
D. G. Matishov and G. G. Matishov 
p. 418 

Nitric Siliceous High-Alkaline Cold Waters of the Southern Siberian Platform 
Yu. I. Kustov and E. V. Pinneker 
p. 421 

A Gaussian Model for Radiowave Scattering in the Precipitation Layer over the 
Ocean Surface 
A. M. Volkov, V. F. Kravchenko, and A. P. Pichugin 
p. 424 

Monitoring of the Stressed-and-Strained State in Salt Domes 
V. A. Manu'kyan 
p. 427 

Chaotic Dynamics of the Hydrosphere and Climate 
V. I. Naidenov and I. A. Kozhevnikova 
p. 433 

Heat Sources and Fluxes in the Earth's Mantle 
S. V. Starchenko and A. A. Stepanov 
p. 438 

Radiocarbon Age and Holocene Dynamics of Palsen in the Usa River Valley 
Yu. K. Vasil'chuk, A. K. Vasil'chuk, N. A. Budantseva, E. M. Volkova, 
L. D. Sulerzhitsky, Yu. N. Chizhova, and H. Jugner 
p. 442 

The Mo/Mn Ratio in Oceanic Phosphorites: 
An Indicator of Redox Conditions of the Environment 
G. N. Baturin 
p. 448 

A Study of the Electric Conductivity of Sericite and Hydromuscovite at High 
Temperatures 
A. A. Guseinov, I. O. Gargatsev, and A. S. Batyrmurzaev 
p. 453 

Kinetics of Mineral Grain Melting in Granite 
R. N. Sobolev and T. A. Kurbyko 
p. 457 

Valent State and Structural Position of Fe Atoms in Synthetic Murataite 
V. S. Urusov, V. S. Rusakov, and S. V. Yudintsev 
p. 461 

Quantumity of the Symmetry of Natural and Synthetic Crystals 
B. V. Chesnokov 
p. 466 

Age of Remnants of a Pleistocene Glacier in the Bol'shezemel'skaya Tundra 
V. I. Astakhov and J. I. Svendsen 
p. 468 

Seasonal Variations in Horizontal Temperature Gradients of Water in the North 
Atlantic 
L. I. Galerkin, A. M. Gritsenko, S. G. Panfilova, and A. D. Yampol'skii 
p. 473